Describing his work, Ferguson continues: “Saltire is an immortal being created thousands of years ago to protect Scotland and its people.

“He’s big, he’s blue and he’s ginger. He has Scottish values but he’s a traditional comic book superhero with a variety of super villains to contend with as the story progresses, a Scottish competitor to Batman and Spiderman if you like.”

A follow up to Scotland’s first comic book superhero, called Saltire - Annihilation, is due out in September.